The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-10-20

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Ihere is no doubt great need OF 1t Win
us.
There is probably no country in the
world where the clergy are so lnhuen-
Uial as in Scotland. | fear that tha
clergy are not doing full duty in the
temperance work A united, thorough
effort on their part making total alb
5tinence indispensable with church CON
nection would assuredly have great in
luence. Were the clergy to unite i'll a
crusade against the evil by preaching
md an effort, | am confident much
rood might be accomplished. L fear,
however, that too many are weak in
Chat direction, for various reasons.
But enough on this, and will close by
quoting Robert Burns in "The Bards
Epitaph,' the last verse:
Reader, decentralization thy soul
Scars fancy's fight beyond the pole,
Or darkllng, greets this earthly hole
In low pursuit;
Remember, prudent SELF CONTROL,
Is wIsDON's REST.
The Tory Administration now III
power in Britain is trying coercion,
eviction, force rule in Ireland. 1t is
.heir old policy, as to Ireland and else
where. They tried it in the thirteen
American colonies over a hundred
years ago, but did not find it so much
IF a success ar in Ireland hitherto. The
lome rule idea is also the rising demand
N Scotland and it will not down. Ii
Lppeals to common sense and lndlYldual
right and Justice Home rule and uni
yersal suffrage without qualification,
will soon settle privilege and privileged
classes.
The foregoing was written the first
5wO DAYS out and before a bOisterous
sea upset most of the passengers ant
llsO prevented writing. The Weathe
vas not to say seriously stormy, Dul
yhe restless ocean showed somewhat
Ter power and the waves at times
dashed ON the saloon deck drenchlng
hose who stood in the way, one on
whom on one occasion was
.he writer. 1t was nothing serious
md l stood the passage well,
On Saturday morning, about five
hundred miles from New York, pilot
ooat came along and pilot came on
BOARD, but.did not take command, MOI
being within his range. In the after
noOn another passed us, searching for
incoming vessels. Our pilot brought
us files of papers which were quite ac-
ceptable, for we had had no news for a
week. We then learned the Volunteer
mad beaten the Thistle second time
and had came out conquerOr. OF course
Americans on board felt good.
The Furnessia on this trip has only
some 13O saloon passengers, to 24O going
over in July. About 1000, however are
in the steerage and second cabin, so
that there is considerable humanity
westward bound. Many Americans
are returning home and quite number
of ScOtch-Irish are going over on bust
ness and other missions. One Old
Scotchman, well read, well travelled
Glasgow man, 78 years old, is on his
way to California, to see son. a
Glasgow clergyman is on his way to fill
a call at Troy, N. Y. Among the
Americans are people from New ork,
Philadelphia, Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Chi
cagO, st. Louis and elsewhere i'll the
United States.
Yesterday, Friday, the ocean was
thick with sea-weed, brought along |
suppose, by the gulf stream. We were
in the fog for half day or more off the
banks of Newfoundland, and the fog
horn was sounded every few minutes,
and several additional men were on the
lookout. AS one of the officers said to
me. During a voyage we are in a con-
stant worry." The noble sailor as a
rule realizes his peril and responsible
ity, and it is well he does, for constant
vigilance is necessary.
Captain Hedderick of the Furnessia
is capable and vigilant officer. In
fact the officers and crew are, one and
all, faithful to duty. The Captains
daughter young woman of "a, accom-
panies her father on this trip. found
that the captain was not well posted
about Ohio, for when walking with him
on deck "a day or two ago, he said, "let
me see, what's your State p On my
saying Ohio, he remarked-"Thats a
fever -ague State, terrible unhealthy"
| told him / had lived in that State fifty
four years, and l had never had the
fever and ague. | also told him in the
early settlement of the State, in some
localities there was fever and ague, but
since the State was settled and opened
up, it had nearly all disappeared-tha
Ohio had a population of about four
and was about One-third larger
than Scotland, without ScOtland's
mountain barrenness- that we had
many large cities and towns, good
soil with abundance of coal, with oil
and natural gas. Perhaps the captain
will hereafter say Ohio has no fever
and ague since never had it.
Expecting to get into New York to-
morrow, Sunday, afternoon, the pas
sengers are all on tlptoe of expectation.
Looking forward to see land Sunday
morning also gladdens the heart. Last
evening the wife of Rev. Hall, an ac-
pianist and singer, gave us,
among other things, "IIOme, Sweet
Home" Anticipation has possession
Of those homeward bound.
For the last two days the passengers
having recovered generally from sea
have been able to do full duty
at the table. A smoother sea and a 4
shining sun have added much to i'm
prove the situations.
This, Sunday, morning, 10 o'clock, |
fog prevents us seeing any distance.
We are in hopes, however, the sun will
soon send adrift this fog cloud, when
we expect soon to see land. The sea is
very smooth, with no wind, the tenn
perature warm so that wraps and over
coats are not needed, save by inyalids
or those of tender years, of whom we
have a few or of the other extreme of
whom we have one or two. Last even
ing we had again piano and singing
the piano and violin, and thereafter
my friend Mr.. Leggate and | filed in
with a few recitations. Today divine
service is to be held at IL o'clock.
Talking with several Irish gentlemen
of the Protestant persuasion
find them strongly against home rule
for Ireland. They claim the Protes-
tants almost universally in Ireland are
They stand in fear of the